A nine-month fellowship, including a $16,000 stipend, is given annually to a Christian writer of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction to complete a first book. Writers who are U.S. citizens and have completed an MFA in creative writing or an MA in creative writing, English, or the humanities are eligible. The fellowship will take place on the campus of Seattle Pacific University from September 15,2015, to June 15,2016. Fellows will give a reading and a lecture at events hosted by Image, and teach courses in the SPU English department. Submit 8 to 12 poems or 30 to 50 pages of prose, a book proposal, a biography, and a brief explanation of goals to accomplish with a $25 entry fee by March 15. Applicants should also submit three letters of recommendation, sent directly to Image. Send an SASE, call, e-mail, or visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.

Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Bellingham Review are given annually for works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The 49th Parallel Award for Poetry is given for a poem or group of poems; Bruce Beasley will judge. The Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction is given for a short story; Kristiana Kahakauwila will judge. The Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction is given for an essay; Susanne Paola Antonetta will judge. Using the online submission system, submit up to three poems of any length or a story or essay of up to 6,000 words with a $20 entry fee ($10 for each additional entry) , which includes a copy of the prize issue, by March 15. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a poem. Marilyn Chin will judge. Submit up to three poems of no more than three pages each with a $10 entry fee by March 14. Send an SASE, call, e-mail, or visit the website for complete guidelines.
Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation, Poetry Prize, P.O. Box 223420, Carmel, CA 93922. (831) 624-1813. Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts, Coordinator.

Grants of $25,000 each are awarded annually to poets or prose writers in alternating years. This year grants will be awarded to prose writers. Fiction and creative nonfiction writers who have published either at least five short stories, essays, or novel or memoir excerpts in two or more literary journals that regularly publish fiction or creative nonfiction, or a short story or essay collection, novel, novella, or memoir between January 1,2008, and March 11,2015, are eligible. Using the online submission system, submit 20 to 25 pages of fiction or creative nonfiction with proof of eligibility by March 11. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.

A prize of $1,000 and publication by Graywolf Press is given annually for a first poetry collection by a poet of African descent. Nikky Finney will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 75 pages with a $15 entry fee by March 9. Call or visit the website for complete guidelines.
Cave Canem Foundation, Poetry Prize,20 Jay Street, Suite 310-A, Brooklyn, NY 11201. (718) 858-0000.

A prize of $1,000 and publication by Persea Books is given annually for a poetry collection by a U.S. poet who has published at least one book of poetry. The winner also receives up to $1,000 for travel expenses and promotional activities. Submit a manuscript of at least 40 pages with a $25 entry fee by March 5. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

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Competition for 16-18 year olds run by the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association. Prize is a week-long creative writing course with Arvon working with practising writers. Poems on the theme of Lost Angels should be inspired by the Romantics.
Entry Fee: £0.00

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Write a Poem on the theme 'celebration.' 1st prize: £25,2nd prize: £15,3rd prize: £10, with an extra prize of £25 for the winner of the Local Poet section (postcode eligibility NG22/23/24/25) . The winners will be announced on 7th May,2015 at 7pm at Knights Court, Balderton Gate, Newark. Details of the prizewinners are also posted on our webpage at www.newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk/fossewaywriters/. Judge: Di Slaney.
Entry Fee: £3 for first poem, £2 for each further poem

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Submissions are invited for the 1st Quarter Templar Portfolio Awards for short pamphlets. This is the first of four submission windows for these awards through 2015. The winning poet for each quarter will be informed no later than four weeks after the closure for submissions and their pamphlet published and launched at Keats House and the 2015 Derwent Poetry Festival.
Entry Fee: £11

Contact: For entry and further details: http://templarpoetry.com/products/templar-quarterly-portfolio-award